Friday, 22 June 2007

A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a signadvertising the 4 pups. And set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt a tug on hisoveralls. He looked down into the eyes of little boy. "Mister," he said, "I want to buy one of your puppies." "Well," said the farmer, as he rubbed the sweat off the back of his neck,"These puppies come from fine parents and cost a good deal of money." The boy dropped his head for a moment. Then reaching deep into hispocket, he pulled out a handful of change and held it up to the farmer."I've got thirty-nine cents. Is that enough to take a look?" "Sure," said the farmer. And with that he let out a whistle. "Here, Dolly!" he called. Out from the doghouse and down the ramp ran Dolly followed by fourlittle balls of fur. The little boy pressed his face against the chain linkfence. His eyes danced with delight. As the dogs made their way to the fence,the little boy noticed something else stirring inside the doghouse. Slowly another little ball appeared, this one noticeably smaller. Down theramp it slid. Then in a somewhat awkward manner, the little pup beganhobbling toward the others, doing its best to catch up.... "I want that one," the little boy said, pointing to the runt. The farmer knelt down at the boy's side and said, "Son, you don't wantthat puppy. He will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs would." With that the little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down,and began rolling up one leg of his trousers. In doing so he revealed asteel brace running down both sides of his leg attaching itself to aspecially made shoe. Looking back up at the farmer, he said, "You see sir, Idon't run too well myself, and he will need someone who understands." With tears in his eyes, the farmer reached down and picked up the littlepup. Holding it carefully handed it to the little boy. "How much?" asked the little boy. "No charge," answered the farmer, "There's no charge for love." The world is full of people who need someone who understands.

Thursday, 14 June 2007

Member of Parliament Mike Lake says the sasquatch should be protected as an endangered species.

He presented a petition from his constituents asking "to establish immediate, comprehensive legislation to effect immediate protection of Bigfoot." Lake agrees that Bigfoot should be added under Canada's Species at Risk Act. (Vancouver Province newspaper)

...That's hardly necessary: their population count is exactly the same as it always has been

...Let's hope that we don't find any oversize footprints in those sandtraps next week

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Membership in the group provides an opportunity to play non-competitive golf at a variety of local courses at a discounted rate. The Evergreen Seniors Golf group plays every Monday, from the first Monday of May through to the last Monday of September. The golf season for our group concludes with a nine hole scramble and luncheon. A mini golf vacation to Niagara Falls in September is also available to members.

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